Sila

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Sila: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Sila: Recorded since 1997, it reached #883 in 2004, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#883highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
2000	#2416
2002	#4137
2003	#1325
2004	#883
2005	#1243
2006	#1660
2007	#1443
2008	#3860
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2011	#2275
2012	#2969
2013	#2313
2014	#4003
2015	#3252
2016	#3214
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#2869
2020	#2300
2021	#2711
2022	#3970
2023	#2689
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3970 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #883 among girls in England and Wales, in 2004 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Sila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Sila in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	116	9 of 10	13
2010s	70	10 of 10	7
2020s	45	5 of 10	9

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Sila appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #883 in England and Wales in 2004.

Sila's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2711	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1243	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1325	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #883, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Siham · #330, 37y
Sikandar · #2022, 15y
Silas · #92, 30y
Sile · #195, 45y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cyra · #883, 25y
Daisey · #883, 28y
Hadia · #883, 29y
Niya · #883, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cyra · #883, 25y
Daisey · #883, 28y
Ginevra · #883, 18y
Hadia · #883, 29y

Sila was ranked #883 in England and Wales · Girls in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Sila and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Sila without appearing here.

Sila moved ahead of

Gail Compare
In 2003 they stood at #4137 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #883 and #4598.
Kari Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2275 and #5785.
Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2275 and #5785.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Sila

Beau Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #809.
Frida Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1443 and #1656 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3860 and #1247.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1443 and #1573 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3860 and #1391.

Moved the opposite way to Sila

Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sila went from #4137 to #2411 while Dianne went from #4137 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sila went from #4137 to #2411 while Teddy went from #4137 to #5891.
Harper Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sila went from #1325 to #2411 while Harper went from #4373 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sila went from #883 to #2411 while Eabha went from #4598 to #1262.

Moved the same way as Sila

Meabh Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Sila went from #4137 to #2411 and Meabh from #2868 to #952.
Finlay Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sila went from #2738 to #3985 and Finlay from #1234 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sila went from #2738 to #3985 and Helene from #1802 to #4684.
Jayden Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Sila went from #2738 to #3985 and Jayden from #2411 to #5666.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #883 in England and Wales in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Sila

Sila at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Sila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sila appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Sila moved ahead of

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Sila at a glance

Sila by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Sila appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Sila

Sila and the names beside it

Sila moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Sila

Moved the opposite way to Sila

Moved the same way as Sila